Unlike a conventional keyword search, cited reference search is able to find relevant articles through the citation patterns in the scholarly world. This course mainly covers two major databases, Web of Science and Scopus.

Note: Endnote is a citation management software that enables you to organize references and cite the sources while writing your paper. HKU has taken out an Endnote site licence which permits current HKU staff and students to use the software both on campus or on their PC. Other users can use Endnote on PCs provided in the HKU Libraries.

What does it mean by an impact factor of 1.362? How is the impact factor calculated? Where can you get this data? Find these out and more by joining this course which covers the database, Journal Citation Reports.

The Postgraduate Library Workshop aims to familiarize you with our services and facilities, and to equip you with the essential information skills for your postgraduate study and research. Topics include:

Turnitin is a text-matching platform that helps spot possible cases of plagiarism. This Seminar aims to assist RPG students in understanding how to submit their theses to Turnitin and to interpret the originality reports.